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Overview of the events of 1996 in architecture
The year 1996 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
Buildings completed
Niterói Contemporary Art Museum, Brazil
The
Dancing House in
Prague, Czech Republic
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Niterói Contemporary Art Museum, Brazil, designed by
Oscar Niemeyer.
- Eco Building at
Horniman Museum, London, designed by Architype.
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Fruit Museum,
Yamanashi, Japan, designed by
Itsuko Hasegawa.
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Aukrust Centre,
Alvdal, Norway, designed by
Sverre Fehn.
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Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre in
Melbourne, Australia, designed by
Denton Corker Marshall.
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Shun Hing Square,
Shenzhen, designed by
K. Y. Cheung Design Associates, the tallest building in Asia until it is surpassed the following year.
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Therme Vals in Switzerland, designed by
Peter Zumthor.
- The
Dancing House (Nationale-Nederlanden building) in
Prague, designed by
Vlado Milunić with
Frank Gehry.
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Maggie's Centre,
Edinburgh, a drop-in cancer care centre; building conversion by
Richard Murphy.
- Orphanage (first stage), Chhebetor,
Nepal, designed by Hans Olav Hesseberg and Sixten Rahiff of
Bergen School of Architecture.
- 81 Mill Street,
Osney,
Oxford, England, a house designed for himself by Adrian James.
Awards
Deaths
References